Show Y I If r 1 41 1 Li FROM CUSTOM 5 286113230 Ii t m r7 i FROM CONSULAR fED 522299495 G4rAFillsrt I I 5 i r ICI w I I I FROM TOBACCO 49862732 ASIIINGTONIn view of the fact that congress cong-ress has been struggling W strug-gling with the question ques-tion of raising millions of dollars of additional revenue for the next fircal year so that when Juno 30 1910 rolls around thero will be no staggerIng stagger-Ing deficit of 80000000 more or less to meet such as will have to be met at the end of the present fiscal year two months hence a resume of Just exactly what It costs to run the United Unit-ed States government In ono year together to-gether with some facts concerning tho existing sources of revenue is Interesting The only basis of such Information if detailed and accurate figures are to bo given Is obviously to be found In the reports covering the fiscal year which ended on June 30 1908 In that year the receipts and disbursements disburse-ments of the government were as follows fol-lows Receipts from all sources exclusive ex-clusive of postal JC01120118 Disbursements exclusive of tv i I1I l cra19ij319 Deficit exclusive of postal ESOTOMllS Tho two great sources of income are of course tho customs duties and the Internal revenue taxes For that flscfl year the government received 28011313020 In customs duties and 25171112070 In internal revenue taxes Thus more than fivesixths if the total revenue Is received from these two sources IAn I-An analysis of tho internal revenue receipts shows that 140158807 was received from the tax on spirits 19 862754 from the tax on tobacco and 59807C17 from the tax on tormented liquors Tho tax on oleomargarine netted 954304 and the small tax of two cents u pack on playing cards brought In S459G80 Other Sources of Revenue The other sources of governmental revenue are of great number and Infinite In-finite variety although tho amounts derived are comparatively small In the last fiscal year the sale of public lands netted 97il6CO and the profits on coinage bullion deposits etc amounted to 1122J33CC2 Theso are the two large items of Incomo after customs duties and internal rev once taxes |